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Question ID: 6034Country: Pakistan

Title: Please guide us about the name of girl i.e 'Zulaikha'. Is it permissible or not?

Question: Assalam alaikum wa Rahmatullah wa barkattuhoo! Please guide us about the name of girl i.e "Zulaikha". Is it permissible or not?

Answer ID: 6034Posted on: Aug 29, 2020

Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

(Fatwa: 1114/958=B/1429)

You can name Zulaikha, but it would be better to name her after the name of Sahabiyaat.

Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

Darul Ifta,

Darul Uloom Deoband, India

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Title: Please guide us about the name of girl i.e 'Zulaikha'. Is it permissible or not?

Question: Assalam alaikum wa Rahmatullah wa barkattuhoo! Please guide us about the name of girl i.e "Zulaikha". Is it permissible or not?

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